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.......... in      the     depths      of      may. ..........
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@$$/«^.... imagine if you  will, a  lush  blueberry ....^«/$$@
#@$$/«^... spruce forest,  with  rolling hills  and ...^«/$$@#
##@$$/«^..          knee-deep underbrush.           ..^«/$$@##
###@$$/«^.                                          .^«/$$@###
##@$$/«^.. the ground is  soft.  leaves  in  all of ..^«/$$@##
#@$$/«^... the  seven stages  of decomposition  are ...^«/$$@#
@$$/«^....   packed loosely together... sometimes   ....^«/$$@
$$/«^..... there  are  rocks. bigger boulders  peek .....^«/$$
$/«^......            out of the hills.             ......^«/$
/«^.......                                          .......^«/
«^........ there could  be, somewhere in the depths ........^«
^......... of  it all, a crevice filled with water. .........^
..........    bird cherries at the edges, dipping   ..........
.......... their long fingers beneath  the surface. ..........
..........     water lilies, maybe. the water is    ..........
..........  yellow-green with pollen, and insects   ..........
..........      are swarming above the surface.     ..........
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..........        water striders, mosquitos,        ..........
^.........         back flies, crane flies.         .........^
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$$/«^.....                //###   //                .....^«/$$
@$$/«^....                //   ###//                ....^«/$$@
#@$$/«^...                //   ###//                ...^«/$$@#
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##@$$/«^.. in  this   case   we  would   use  deet, ..^«/$$@##
#@$$/«^... or diethyltoluamide as it's also called. ...^«/$$@#
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$$/«^..... deet should  be applied  to  your  skin. .....^«/$$
$/«^...... you should cover  all skin that is to be ......^«/$
/«^....... exposed to air. it's ok to get  some  in .......^«/
«^........ the  eyes.  rub  until  it feels  right, ........^«
^......... until the  skin feels good. let  it soak .........^
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..........       you've now become poisonous.       ..........
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